What is Palliative Care?

Palliative care helps in the improvement of the quality of life of patients. It also eases the burden of the families facing the problem. Palliative care at home is when medical care is provided for people with serious illnesses. It helps to treat pain and other related symptoms.

What palliative care involves

• Providing a support system to the patient and helping the family cope during the patient’s illness.
• Enhancing the quality of life to the patient and t might also influence the course of illness positively.
• When experiencing distressing symptoms, palliative care helps provide relief from pain
• Merging psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care

Palliative care at home

• Assistance at home and personal care. This can be providing help with activities such as moving around, taking a bath, dressing or going to the toilet
• Changing continence pads/ managing a catheter or stoma
• Administering medication
• Light housekeeping such as doing laundry or dusting
• Meal preps
• Running errands such as shopping